U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II
Title | U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | David Hubert Grover |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II
Title | Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry E. Strahan |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780807141434 |
World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands
Title | World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands PDF eBook |
Author | Greg H. Williams |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 365 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476600406 |
During World War II, the U.S. Navy swiftly expanded to include an array of vessels, from smaller yachts and fishing boats bought early in the war for patrol work to fast, modern commercial ships built to haul troops and supplies. After the Allied victory, this diverse fleet became unnecessary and the Navy sold many of its vessels. This comprehensive catalog documents the Navy ships and boats sold after the war and registered under the American flag for commercial or recreational purposes. Focusing on those vessels with names or clearly identifiable hull numbers and crew accommodations, it chronicles each craft's prewar ownership, wartime history, and postwar fate. The product of painstaking detective work in a wide range of primary sources, this meticulous directory highlights an unexplored but illuminating aspect of U.S. maritime history.
Pacific Express
Title | Pacific Express PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra V. McGee |
Publisher | Amphibious Operations in the S |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780970167880 |
Award-winning author William L. McGee has gathered under one cover an edited collection of the best works by noted military historians on the importance of military logistics in World War II. "Pacific Express" is on the Marine Corps Commandant's Professional List and is required reading for active duty and reserve Marines on the subject of Logistics.
Fleets Of World War II
Title | Fleets Of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Worth |
Publisher | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
For the first time ever for a popular audience, an extraordinary single volume that describes-and assesses in no-holds-barred fashion-every navy that took part in the Second World War
Between the Lines of World War II
Title | Between the Lines of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Paul M. Edwards |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2014-01-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786455837 |
This is a collection of 21 accounts of people and events that illuminate the strange adventures, mysterious circumstances, extreme behaviors and forgotten tragedies of World War II. Ranging from a look at Adolf Hitler's "children factory," to the smuggling of gold bullion from the besieged island of Corregidor, to those who flew with the Chinese Air Force against Japan years before the more famous Flying Tigers, these accounts provide insight into the larger scope of the war.
Kamikaze Attacks of World War II
Title | Kamikaze Attacks of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Robin L. Rielly |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786457724 |
"This book details more than 400 kamikaze attacks performed by Japanese aircraft, manned torpedoes, suicide boats and suicide swimmers against U.S. ships during World War II. Part One focuses on the traditions, development and history. Part Two details the kamikaze attacks on ships. Appendices list all of the U.S. ships suffering kamikaze attacks"--Provided by publisher.